Detachable brush ferrule for lipstick carrier cups



Aug. 26,-I947. D. A. SEAVER 2,426,418

DETACHABLE BRUSH FERRULE FOR LIPSTICK CARRIER CUPS Filed June 30, 1945INVENTOR. DonaldA. Beaver Patented Aug. 26, 1947 DETACHABLE BRUSHFERRULE FOR LIP- STICK CARRIER CUPS Donald A. Seaver, West Cheshire,Conn., assignor to Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Cnn., acorporation of Connecticut Application June 30, 1945, Serial No. 602,597

7 Claims.

This invention relates tocosmetic applying devices and particularly to abrush for applying paste, lip rouge, etc. having a ferrule constructiondesigned to be removably inserted into 'a conventional form of lipstickcontainer.

The trend of late is to purchase lip rouge as a paste in a box and applyit more expeditiously to the lips by the use of a brush designed forthat purpose.

The primary object of this invention is to make use of the'conventionalforms of lipstick containers as a brush holder means, and which isaccomplished by having the brush ferrule designed to be convenientlyfitted into the carrier cup of such containers and projected for use andretracted into the container when not in use for purposes of protectingth brush from contamination or injury during such periods as the brushis not in use,

As an example, the brush ferrule can be designed to be fitted into thecarrier cup of more or less rectangular shape in cross-section of thetype illustrated and fully described in the James Lee Patent No.2,064,557.

With this general object and others in view, the invention consists inthe features, combinations and details of construction and arrangementof parts that will first be described in connection with theaccompanying drawing and then more particularly pointed out.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a lipstick containershowing the brush and ferrule member as it appears fitted into thecarrier cup and elevated to projected position ready for use.

Fig. 2 is aside elevational view with the upper portion in verticalsection to. better show the interior construction and the brush memberin projected position. I

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the container showing thearrangement of parts with the brush in its retracted non-usableposition;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the brush and ferrule, per se.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view in part of a modified form of brush ferrulefor use in the same type of container as that of Fig. 4, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a further modified form of brushferrule, such as might be fitted into the carrier cup of a round type oflipstick container. 7

Referring now to the drawing in which like reference numerals denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral l0 refersto the container body of the type such as fully disclosed in the Leepatent, referred to above.

One of the particular features of this Lee lipstick container is thefact that the carrier cup is attached to one end of a flexible strapproperly guided within the container, while adjacent the opposite end anactuating thumb piece is attached that operates through a longitudinalslot in one end wall of the container. The thumb piece, when operatedlongitudinally in a downwardly direction from the open end of thecontainer, moves the carrier cup upwardly and when moved in an upwardlydirection retracts the carrier cup and closes the opening by reason ofthe terminal end of the strap passing across the open end of thecontainer. More specifically, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, a carrier cup II of rectangular shape in cross-section is mounted to slide within thecontainer [0. A long flexible strap I2 is suitably guided within thecontainer and has a rivet l3 attached to one end thereof, which rivet iscaused to pass through a suitable piercing [4 in one of the side wallsof the carrier cup. At an intermediate portion of the strap [2 isriveted an actuating thumb piece l5 that projects through a longitudinalslot l 6 of the casing l0 and designed to slide up and down therein inthe operation of the device. A portion of the strap I2 extends aconsiderable distance beyond the riveted thumb piece I5, as at |2a andserves as a cover member in traversing an opening I! in the upper end ofthe container, as best shown in Fig. 3 when the thumb piece I5 is movedto its uppermost position relative to the slot [6.

In order to devise a suitable brush ferrule to be accommodated by thecarrier cup II of the particular type container described above, a brushferrule generally indicated by the numeral I8 may be more or lessconstructed as shown in Fig. 4. Specifically the ferrule 18 consists ofa relatively long tapering neck I9 having bristles 20 comprising thebrush which may be set and secured in the usual manner in the tip end ofsaid neck IS. The opposite end of the neck merges into a U-shape clipmember 2! comprising a base 22, two legs 23 and 24 of a length to extendsubstantially the full depth of the carrier cup ll. Two side wings 25are formed integrally with the base 22 and extend downwardly adjacentthe edges of the legs 23 and 24 to provide a box-like structure thatfits into the upper open 'end of the carrier cup H completely closing oithe open end of the latter. The two legs 23 and 24 are designed to havea snap looking detachable and also a longitudinal slot 21 extending fromthe opening 26 through the tip end of the leg 23, thus dividing thelower end of the leg 23 into two sections 28 of a more or less laterallyresilient character. The width of the slot 21 is designed to be slightlyless than the diameter of the rivet l3 so that in assembling the brushferrule into the carrier cup the end members 28 will have to giveslightly laterally in springing over the rivet I3 until it is receivedinto the opening 25 .in snap locking engagement.

The opposite leg 24 is also designed for snap locking engagement withinthe carrier "cup Ii in being formed with an inwardly formed transverserib 29 for providing on the outer surface of .the leg 24 a recess 30 forreceiving a complementally elongated nub 3!, already existing as anelement on said carrier cup II, it being obvious that the leg 25 willnecessarily spring over said nub 3i until the recess 30 of the leg 24 isengaged thereover in the assembly of the ferrule ['8 into cup l i.

From this structure, it will be apparent that the brush ferrule has infact two types of gripping means to retain it in detachable positionwithin the carrier cup i 1, namely opening 2% and slot 21 in leg 23engaging about the rivet I3 and the elongated recess :30 of the leg '24engaging over the elongated nub 3! of the carrier cup.

It is further to be noted that the design of the brush ferrule, as shownin Fig. 4, is of a character to permit this article to be made from asheet metal stamping.

If for lack of certain types of equipment, it is desirable to make theferrule of two members, a modification of this type is shown in Fig. 5,wherein the tapering tubular neck 3'5 of the ferrule may be made as ascrew machine product having a reduced end that can be riveted over asat 31 about a suitable opening 36 in aU-shape clip 38 which in all otherrespects may be constructed similar to the U-s'hape clip 2! of the firstform as shown in Fig. '4.

If it is desired to provide a brush ferrule suc as might be accommodatedWithin the more popular types of round lipstick containers, both of theswivel as well as'the push-up type, a structure of this character isshown in Fig. 6, wherein the usual elongated tapering neck '46 isprovided for holding the brush bristles 4i and the opposite end of thetapering neck is integral with the base end of a cup-like shell 32. Thewall of this cuplike shell 62 is similarly provided with a key-hole slotin the form of a round'opening G3 and a slot 64 extending from saidopening to the end of the shell. The key-hole slot is of 'a character tospread apart in slipping over the .usual operating pin found in alllipstick containers, and in order to allow for the slot 44 to givelaterally a pair of elongated slots at are provided in the shell A? onopposite sides of the key-:hole slot i3- 2l= to produce a pair ofresilient legs 46 on opposite sides of the key-hole slot lit-45. Itis-to be noted that the slots 45 extend to 'a greater depth into the cupshell than does the key-hole slot dirk-M, thus allowing the two legs togive laterally when forcing the brush ferrule down intoa-carrier cup ofthe tubular shape container with the key-hole slot 43- 34'alined withthe usual operating pin found in such containers and caused todetachably embrace the same. If desired the c posite side wall of theshell 42 may be provided with an inwardly formed rib l! providingalongitudinal recess on the opposite side that mayem brace acomplementary projection that could be easily formed on th carrier cupof the container.

It is evidenced from the disclosure and description of the carrier cup Min the Lee Patent No. 2,064,557 referred to above, and which iscomparable to the carrier cup I! of this application, that said cup ismade as a drawn cup and, therefore, provides for a cup having acontinuous uninterrupted wall in its complete circumference, allowing nopart of the cup wall to flex or give laterally relative to itself. Thesame general structure .likewise holds true to the carrier cups, usuallyof a cylindrical form, that are likewise used in the more conventionaltypes of swivel and push-up lipstick containers referred to above.

While three forms of the invention herewith are shown and described, itis to be understood that the constructions may be varied as tomechanical details without departing from the spirit of the inventionand the scope of What is claimed.

I claim:

1. Ina brush ferrule construction for insertion into a carrier cup ofthe conventional form for a lipstick container and wherein the carriercup is of rectangularshape having a pin projecting in from one wallthereof and having a nub projecting in from the opposite wall thereof,said ferrule comprising a sheet-metal U-shaped stamping and an attachedtubular member, said stamping providing for a rectangular base havingopposed legs and wings folded inwardly from the opposite edge of saidbase to form collectively a box-like structure that is adapted to betelescoped into said carrier cup in an inverted manner for completelyfilling and closing off the open end of said carrier cup, the legs beingof greater length thansaid wings and adapted to extend to the base-ofsaid carrier cup, one of said legs provided with an axial key-hole slotopening through the end thereof and adapted to have detachable snaplocking engagement with said pin, the material of said leg having thekey-hole slot adapted to spring laterally relative to said slotindependently of other portions of said ferrule, and the other of saidlegs provided with an inwardly formed transverse cross-rib fordetachable engagement with the nub of saidcarrier cup.

2. In a brush ferrule construction for insertion into a carrier cup ofthe conventional cylindrical drawn-cup form for a lipstick container andwherein the cup has a continuous uninterrupted circumferential wall witha pin projecting inwardly from the wall thereof, said ferruleconstruction formed to provide a cylindrical shell having a closed baseend and adapted to be te1escoped into said carrier cup in an invertedmanner for closing the open end thereof, and brush holder of reduceddiameter extending axially outwardly from the outer face of said base, akeyhole slot extending axially inwardly from the edge of said shell, anda pair of slots disposed on opposite sides of said key-hole slot andextending into said shell wall to a greater extent than-said key-holeslot and less than the full length of said shell whereby the wallmaterial between said slots is capable of flexing laterallyindependently of the main body wall of said shell when thekeyhole slotis being slipped over said pin in the assembly and disassembly of saidferrule into said cup.

3. In a brush ferrule construction for insertion into a carrier cup ofthe conventional drawn-cup form such as used in a lipstick container andwherein the cup has a continuous circumferential wall with aninwardlyprojecting pin, said ferrule comprising an intermediate cup-shaped bodypart constructed'f-rom sheet metal and having a closed end, said bodypart adapted to be telescoped into the open end of said carrier cup withits closed end disposed outwardly relative to said cup for completelyfilling and closing off the open end of said carrier cup, a taperingneck drifted outwardly of the material of the closed end of said bodypart, a brush supported at the small distal end of said neck, theopposite end of said body part having portions extended inwardly to thefull depth of said cup, one portion of which is in the form of a legfree of the body part except for its point of attachment and having anaxial key-hole slot opening through the end of said leg and adapted tohave slip engagement over said projecting pin, the width of the materialeither side of said slot being such as to permit the same to springlaterally edgewise relative to said key-hole slot, and the constructionof said leg being such as to allow for the edgewise spring of said legmaterial independently of the body part of said ferrule.

4. In a brush ferrule construction for insertion into a carrier cup ofthe conventional drawn-cup of rectangular shape in cross section for usein a lipstick containe and wherein the cup has an uninterrupted.connected circumferential wall with a projecting pin extending in fromone wall, said ferrule construction formed to provide a rectangular basefrom which axially extends a reduced portion, a brush supported in thedistal end of said reduced portion, opposed legs and wings foldedinwardly from the opposite edges of said base and forming a rectangularbox-like structure that is adapted to be telescoped into the open end ofthe carrier cup with the base of the box-like structure disposedoutwardly and said box-like structure serving to completely fill andclose off the open end of said carrie cup, the legs being of greaterlength than said wings and adapted to extend to the base of said carriercup, one of said legs provided with an axial key-hole slot openingthrough the end thereof and adapted to have detachable snap lockingengagement with said pin, the material of said leg having the keyholeslot being of a width each side of said slot such as to permit the sameto spring laterally edgewise relative to said slot independently ofother portions of said ferrule.

5. In a brush ferrule construction for insertion into a carrier cup ofthe conventional drawn-cup form such as used in a lipstick container andwherein the cup has a continuous circumferential wall with an inwardlyprojecting pin and a diametrically opposed inwardly projecting nub, saidferrule comprising an intermediate cupshaped body part constructed fromsheet metal and having a closed end, said body part adapted to betelescoped into the open end of said carrier cup with its closed enddisposed outwardly relative to said cup for completely filling andclosing off the open end of said carrier cup, 2. tapering neck driftedoutwardly of the material of the closed end of said body part, a brushsupported at the small distal end of said neck, the opposite end of saidbody part having portions extended inwardly to the full depth of saidcup, one portion of which is in the form of a leg free of the body partexcept for its point of attachment and having an axial key-hole slotopening through the end of said leg and adapted to have slip engagementover said projecting pin, the width of the material either side of saidslot being such as to permit the same to spring laterally edgewiserelative to said key-hole slot, and

6 another portion of said body part formed with a transverse rib havingsnap locking engagement over said cup nub.

6. In a brush ferrule construction for insertion into a carrier cup ofthe conventional drawn-cup of rectangular shape in cross-section for usein a lipstick container and wherein the cup has an uninterruptedconnected circumferential wall with a projecting pin extendin in fromone wall and a nub projecting in from the opposite wall, said ferruleconstruction formed to provide a rectangular base from which axiallyextends a reduced portion, a brush supported in the distal end of saidreduced portion, opposed legs and wings folded inwardly from theopposite edges of said base and forming a rectangular box-like structurethat is adapted to be telescoped into the open end of the carrier cupwith the base of the box-like structure disposed outwardly and saidbox-like structure serving to completely fill and close off the open endof said carrier cup, the legs being of greater length than said wingsand adapted to extend to the base of said carrier cup, one of said legsprovided with an axial key-hole slot opening through the end thereof andadapted to have detachable snap locking engagement with said pin, thematerial of said leg having the key-hole slot being of a width each sideof said slot as to permit the same to spring laterally edgewise relativeto said slot independently of other portions of said ferrule, and theother of said legs provided with an inwardly formed cross rib fordetachable engagement with the nub of said carrier cup.

7. In a brush ferrule construction for insertion into a carrier cup ofthe conventional form for a lipstick container and wherein the carriercup is of rectangular shape having a pin projecting in from one wallthereof and having a nub projecting in from the opposite wall thereof,said ferrule comprising a base having an axial tapering neck portiondrifted outwardly from the central area of said base, a brush memberprojecting from the smaller end of said neck portion, opposed legs andwings integral with the opposite edges of said base and folded inwardlyto collectively form a box-like structure adapted to be telescoped intothe open end of said cup with its base disposed outwardly relative tothe open end of said cup and serving to close the open end of said cup,the legs extending beyond the length of said wings, one leg providedwith a key-hole slot for detachable engagement with said pin and theother leg having a cross rib for detachable engagement with said nub,the material of said leg each side of the key-hole slot being of a widthas to be capable of flexing laterally edgewise relative to said slotindependently of said wings.

DONALD A. SEAVER.

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